When using the Windows NT Zero-Administration-Kit (ZAK), you can
choose to hide certain drives. However, by default, the drives suggested
aren't a lot of use (certainly not for Metaframe users). So here is a useful little utility to let you hide whichever drives you want.
Can I have that as a takeaway please?
Sure, click here for a BBC Basic version. Load
onto your Acorn and set the file type to BASIC (FFB)
What do I do with the number?
Edit zakwinnt.adm and look for the following lines which refer to the
drives that are hidden:
KEYNAME Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
PART !!HideDrivesOptions DROPDOWNLIST
VALUENAME "NoDrives"
ITEMLIST
Name !!HideDrives_all VALUE NUMERIC 67108863
NAME !!HideDrives_C VALUE NUMERIC 67108859 ; (67108863 - 4)
NAME !!HideDrives_U VALUE NUMERIC 66060287
NAME !!HideDrives_CU VALUE NUMERIC 66060283
NAME !!HideDrives_COU VALUE NUMERIC 66043899
NAME !!HideDrives_W VALUE NUMERIC 62914559 ;added by me
NAME !!HideDrives_WC VALUE NUMERIC 62914555 ;added by me
Edit the !!HideDrives_ lines to correspond to the drives to wish to display using the number calculated.
For examples, if you wish to display S:, U: and W: edit a line to read:
NAME !!HideDrives_SUW VALUE NUMERIC 61603839
Then go down the file a little further and look for the lines that look like
this:
HideDrivesOptions="Choose Drives that will be shown:"
HideDrives_all="Don't show any drives"
HideDrives_C="Only C:"
HideDrives_U="Only U:"
HideDrives_W="Only W:"
HideDrives_WC="Show ONLY W: and C:"
HideDrives_CU="Both C: and U:"
HideDrives_COU="Both C: O: and U:"
These lines give textual messages for the lines in the previous sections.
Edit or create a line corresponding to the drives you wish to display, e.g.
in our example this would be:
HideDrives_SUW="Show S:, U: and W:"
(Just because the folks at Microsoft can't spell, have exceeding poor grammar and are willing to release things to the public without proof-reading doesn't mean you need to follow suit.)